Thomas Wilkinson (Bishop of Zululand)

The Rt Rev Thomas Edward Wilkinson was an Anglican Bishop[1] in the late 19th[2] and early 20th centuries.

He was born in 1837, and educated at Bury St Edmunds, King's College, London and Jesus College, Cambridge.[3][4] Ordained in 1861, after a curacy at St Mary, Cavendish he was Vicar of Rickinghall. In 1870 he became the inaugural [5]Bishop of Zululand,[6] a post he held until 1880. On his return to England he was Vicar of St Michael Caerhays then Coadjutor Bishop of London[7] for North and Central Europe.[8] He died on 23 October 1914.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Wilkinson Family
  2. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. ^ Wilkinson, Thomas Edward in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  4. ^ Janus
  5. ^ Diocesan Web Site
  6. ^ University of the Witwatersrand
  7. ^ National Archives
  8. ^ NY Times
  9. ^ The Times, Saturday, Oct 24, 1914; pg. 8; Issue 40675; col A Death Of Bishop Wilkinson. Work On The Continent And In South Africa
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Bishop of Zululand
1870 –1880		 Succeeded by
Douglas MacKenzie
Bishops of Zululand

Thomas Edward Wilkinson • Douglas MacKenzie • William Marlborough Carter • Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan • Charles Arthur William Aylen • Albert William Lee • Eric Joseph Trapp • Thomas Joseph Savage • Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu • Lawrence Bekisisa Zulu • Peter Harker • Anthony Mdletshe • Dino Gabriel •